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When Blockchain Meets Supply Chain – March 20, 2019

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 20, 2019Articles, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Editor’s Note: In 2019, just about everyone in the technology world is talking about and writing about Blockchain distributed digital ledgers, including the supply management world. It’s not the cool…

An Afternoon with Genpact: The Future of the Digital Enterprise

By Christopher Dwyer March 19, 2019Articles, Events, Lists, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

The very idea of “digital transformation” is an intricate one. While many organizations may desire to be the next great digital enterprise, the truth is that there is so much…

New Webinar from Ardent Partners: Transforming Procurement to Become a “Smart” Function

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 14, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

The digital transformation of a procurement department is an opportunity to use technology as a means to reimagine the organization’s entire scope of operations and how it performs. Unlike the…

Technology Round-Up — March 13, 2019

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 13, 2019Articles, Events, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with an assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing,…

Monday First Thing: The Intersection of Data and Sourcing

By Andrew Bartolini March 11, 2019Articles, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Thank you to everyone who has taken our annual CPO Rising survey - we've decided to close the survey tomorrow night so if you have 12-13 minutes (average survey taker time),…

CPO News — March 6, 2019

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 6, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Welcome to a late winter edition of CPO News! Over the past couple of months there have been some higher-profile appointments and promotions that occurred in the procurement world, and…

Monday First Thing – Where There’s Spark, There’s Fire

By Andrew Bartolini March 4, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology1 Comment

Event season commenced last week taking me to San Francisco for Scout RFP’s second annual Spark by Scout user conference. Held at the SF Jazz auditorium and described by CEO…

Three Lessons Learned from 25 Years of Conducting E-Auctions

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 1, 2019Articles, Lists, People, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

Publisher’s Note: Today we welcome back Jacob Gorm Larsen, longtime “friend of the site,” and a onetime Keynote Speaker at our annual CPO Rising Summit, as a guest contributor. Jacob is also the director…

Throwback Thursday: Sourcing Pros Must Think Globally and Act Globally (3)

By Andrew Bartolini February 28, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, Strategic Sourcing

Publisher’s Note: In 2019, Ardent Partners is celebrating 10 years of delivering “Research with Results” to Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and other readers of this site, including published reports, eBooks, presentations, insights, articles and…

Technology Round-Up — February 27, 2019

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team February 27, 2019Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with an assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing,…